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I'm getting new gear, and I need tripod advice. I'm looking for something sturdy and light so that I can take it with me on a several month long hike around Europe and Asia. I guess I don't have much choice apart for carbon fiber, as it's strong and light. I will use it for panography as well as normal photography. I can't give you the weight of my camera + lens + panohead as I might be upgrading them too, but it's likely to be a professional APS-C or full-frame body with the Samyang 8mm and a NN3, NN5 or something similar from another brand. I've often used the Velbon Sherpa 200R tripod, it uses a 3-way panhead PH157Q and I love it. I don't want a tripod head with more than 1 handle. I'll either get a 3-way panhead or a ballhead. My budget is around 150-400GBP. I don't care much for leveling - I'll leave that up either to the panohead, or just get it more-or-less right by extending the legs, and the rest will be taken care of in APG.
Any advice you can give on makes, models, stores, head types or other things you found to be important that aren't obvious at first will be much appreciated!
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a lot of infos about different makes and brands you can find here (in german language): www.stativfreak.de
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DrSlony wrote:
sturdy and light so that I can take it with me on a several month long hike around Europe and Asia.
More important than the weight of the tripod is the bag or backpack you will use to carry it!
Large, comfortable, light but sturdy, waterproof backpacks exist for mountain hikers. They look very expensive before leaving, but...
Last edited by GURL (2010-02-10 14:35:20)
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GURL that is very true, and that is also something I was wondering - how do other people pack when they go on a long trip? I have a waterproof backpack for my photo gear, but I only use it when I don't need to take any other bags with me, on 1-2 day long trips. If you go away for a long trip and plan to use public transport or hitchhike, do you compromise and wrap your camera, 1 or 2 lenses, panohead + tripod in clothing and put all that into a huge backpack? Sounds like a bad idea. Do you take a huge backpack and put clothing + your smaller photo gear backpack into the huge one? I know some of the people here have lots of experience hiking with pano gear, I'd love to hear about it!
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Maciek, You have a lot of ambition! You're considering taking about 10 lbs of photo gear (NN3, tripod, APS-C DSLR, two lenses, extra battery and charger...if you go FF you'll have more weight) That's a lot for backpacking, depending on what shape you're in and how experienced you are.
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For lenses I use "Tuperware", that is any hermetic cylindrical plastic box designed to keep food in a fridge: light, resistant, water-proof, sand-proof, easy to clean, inexpensive! 
For the camera I use a plastic box too, though it's not as hermetic as it should be...
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hankkarl: hehe yeah, but I'm fit ;] Speaking of which, do you have any idea how people manage their electric needs when they go for long periods of time into uninhabited lands? I indirectly know a person who went to Mongolia for 3 months, to an uninhabited area, I have to wait to ask him whether he took some solar charger with him, or 3 month's worth of batteries.
Regarding tripods, I will get one of these:
Manfrotto 055 CF TRIPOD-Q90-3 SECTION
Benro C-168 m8 Carbon Fiber Travel Angel
Haven't decided on which head to get, but definitely a single-handle ballhead.
Has anyone anything against either of these tripods?
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DrSlony wrote:
hankkarl: hehe yeah, but I'm fit ;] Speaking of which, do you have any idea how people manage their electric needs when they go for long periods of time into uninhabited lands? I indirectly know a person who went to Mongolia for 3 months, to an uninhabited area, I have to wait to ask him whether he took some solar charger with him, or 3 month's worth of batteries.
NiCad and Lithium rechargables "self discharge", so you need something to power your camera battery. There's a good discussion of solar chargers here http://photo.net/canon-eos-digital-camera-forum/00Vf8h
Or you could use lithium non-rechargable AA cells and use a battery grip that can accept them. But that's more weight for the grip, batteries, etc.
Last edited by hankkarl (2010-02-15 17:13:06)
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